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March 12, 2013
Book Review - The Translation of Bones by Francesca Kay
This was recommended to me by a borrower and thankyou for the recommendation which I am now passing on! Kay's first novel won the Orange Prize and although I don't always seek out prize-winners, I will be looking for her other work. An English suburban church has some regular helpers who clean and do the flowers. One day, one of the helpers, Mary Margaret, a simple woman with strong faith, sees Jesus on the Cross bleeding from his head shortly before she falls and is taken to hospital. This novel has achingly real and beautiful depictions of Fidelma, an unmarried mother from Ireland, now facing the end of her life; of Stella, an MP's wife reflecting on her children's lives; of Father Diamond, the parish priest, desperately seeking answers; and of Kiti, whose life experience leads her to see conspiracies where they don't exist. Mary Margaret is a catalyst in ways she doesn't even comprehend to changes that affect them all. Searing and evocative, thoughtful and measured. I could easily read this several times and get more out of it each time.
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Brimming with the fruits of the harvest, the cornucopia has become an important symbol of American Thanksgiving. Its origins go further back in time to the ancient Greeks. According to their myths, young Zeus gave his foster mother Amalthaea a goat's horn that could be filled with whatever she wished.
Through the years, the cornucopia or horn of plenty has been used in art and decoration to show that there is more than enough of the good things in life.
Whether you call it a cornucopia or a horn of plenty, the traditional basket filled with harvest time goodies such as grapes and apples is everywhere on Thanksgiving Day. Why not make cornucopia for yourself that lasts all year long?
You can either create your own cornucopia out of a cone of construction paper or find one ready-made at a crafts store. Fill it up with reminders of what's important to you--what you're thankful for this holiday and all through the year.
You might include:
- Pictures of your family, friends, and pets
- Shells from a beach trip or acorns from a walk in the woods
- A paint brush, if you like painting
- Autumn leaves in beautiful colors
- Dried flowers from a bouquet or from the garden
- A packet of seeds for planting next spring
- Anything else you like!
Your own cornucopia can be a reminder of the good things in your life. And don't stop collecting at Thanksgiving. A tiny, beautiful ornament, a special valentine, a lucky clover--all these small things that add joy to your days can be gathered into your horn of plenty.
Read more about harvest customs and more ways to decorate with cornucopias in the library and on the Web.
In the Library
All New Crafts for Thanksgiving
Provides instructions for creating a variety of Thanksgiving Day crafts, including pilgrim place cards, turkey napkin rings, cornucopia centerpieces, wreaths, puzzles, and favors.
Merrily Comes Our Harvest In: Poems For Thanksgiving selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Twenty poems--pick one or two to share on Thanksgiving Day.
Turkeys, Pilgrims, and Indian Corn: The Story of the Thanksgiving Symbols by Edna Barth
Traces the history of this American harvest celebration and the development of its symbols and legends.
We Gather Together: Celebrating the Harvest Season by Wendy Pfeffer
Tells how different cultures celebrate the harvest and has fun projects to try.
On the Web
AllCrafts.net: Thanksgiving
Make a cornucopia from bread dough. Or one from balloons. Or one using modern materials. Lots of Thanksgiving crafts here.
Cornucopia Paper Craft
Cut, color, and glue a cornucopia craft. You can choose templates in black and white to color or a colored version.
Sugar-Cone Cornucopia
Sweet party favors for the Thanksgiving table can also be used as name cards. Hint: use larger waffle cones for a centerpiece.

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A line of toys that pose a choking hazard and knife sets with defective sheaths are among this week's recalled consumer products. Others include youth beds and bicycles.
Here's a more detailed look:
DETAILS: Light-up toy frogs and ducks sold exclusively at Cost Plus World Market between July 2012 and December 2012. The frog comes in green and the ducks come in yellow, pink, and clear. There is a round tag attached to the product with the UPC number 2424 5159.
WHY: The metal conductor pin on the bottom of the toys can come out, posing a choking hazard.
INCIDENTS: None reported.
HOW MANY: About 30,000.
FOR MORE: Call Toysmith at 800-356-0474 or visit www.toysmith.com and click on Safety on the left side of the page for more information.
DETAILS: Gerber Uppercut fixed blade knife and sheath set. All sets include a black nylon sheath with an engraved Gerber sword and shield logo printed on the front and "GERBER" engraved on the snap clip on the back. The Uppercut sets that were sold in a box have model number 30-000650 printed on the box. Sets sold in blister pack packaging have model number 31-001727 printed on the packaging. They were sold from March 2013 through June 2013.
WHY: The Uppercut sheath does not hold the knife securely, allowing the knife to come out of the sheath unexpectedly, posing a laceration hazard.
INCIDENTS: One report of a laceration to a consumer that required medical attention, but no stitches.
HOW MANY: About 2,900.
FOR MORE: Call Gerber Legendary Blades 800-289-4560 or visit www.gerbergear.com and click on "Product Notifications" at the bottom of the page for more information.
DETAILS: Sleepharmony metal youth beds in pink with model number MB-YPT-R1, which can be found on the box and the instruction sheet that came with the bed. The manufacture date code is located on a yellow label affixed to the inside of the metal side rail and appears as MFG: year/month/day: "MFG: 2013/01/25." The recalled beds were made between December 2011 and May 2013 and sold from February 2012 through June 2013.
WHY: The surface paint on the pink-colored youth beds contains levels of lead that exceed the limits allowed by law.
INCIDENTS: No information available.
HOW MANY: About 1,850.
FOR MORE: Call Glideaway at 800-428-5222, ext. 265 or visit www.glideaway.com/recall/for more information.
DETAILS: Tabletop torches sold exclusively at Big Lots stores from March 2013 through June 2013. The torches have a wick and burn liquid citronella fuel. "Table Top Torch distributed by Big Lots, Inc." and item #DC12-21111 (large torch) or Item #DC10-20160 (small torch) is printed on a yellow label on the bottom of the large torch and on a hang tag on the small torch.
WHY: Once lit, the glass citronella table torches can flare up and emit burning lamp oil onto consumers and property, posing fire and burn hazards.
INCIDENTS: 20 reports of liquid fuel erupting from the torches with high flames, including two serious injuries with second and third degree burns and seven with minor burns. One of the serious burn injuries involved burns to the legs and abdomen and a second victim received burns all over the body while attempting to extinguish the flames. All of the incidents involved property damage.
HOW MANY: About 30,000.
FOR MORE: Call Big Lots at 866-244-5687 or visit www.biglots.com and click on "Recalls" at the bottom for more information.
DETAILS: Giant Bicycle Inc.'s XtC Bicycles and Seatposts. The recall includes 2013 model year Giant XtC Advanced SL 29er 0 and 29er 1 series bicycles and 27.2 mm carbon fiber seatposts sold separately. The SL 29er 0 model bicycle is white, black and blue. The SL 29er 1 model is white, black and red. The letters "XTC" appear on the down tube of the frame on both bicycles. The name "Giant" and "Contact SLR" appear on the 27.2 mm carbon fiber seatposts. They were sold from November 2012 and May 2013.
WHY: The bicycle seatposts on the affected bicycles and the after-market seatposts can crack, posing a fall hazard.
INCIDENTS: Giant Bicycles received five reports of the bicycle seatposts breaking. No injuries have been reported.
HOW MANY: Information not available.
FOR MORE: Call Giant Bicycle at 866-458-2555 or visit www.giant-bicycles.com-en-us/ and click on Recall Information at the bottom of the page for more information.
DETAILS: Holgate Toys playmat sets sold exclusively at Wegmans Food Stores from October 2012 through June 2013. The set includes a 24-inch by 30-inch cotton canvas playmat and four toy wooden vehicles. The toy vehicles include a blue car, a red "Wegmans" delivery van, a green "Wegmans" farm tractor, and a yellow "School Bus." The sets were sold in a yellow box measuring about 12-inches by 12-inches with "Wegmans Playmat Set," an age label circle with "2+" and "Made in the USA" printed on the front of the box. UPC Code 0 7789028735 4 is printed on the back of the box.
WHY: The wheels on the wooden vehicles can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.
INCIDENTS: One report of the wheels detaching from the body of a vehicle. No injuries have been reported.
HOW MANY: About 5,000.
FOR MORE: Call Holgate Toys at 855-344-7488 or visit www.holgatetoy.com and click on "Product Recall" for more information.
Recalls this week: Toys, knife and sheath sets
A line of toys that pose a choking hazard and knife sets with defective sheaths are among this week's recalled consumer products. Others include youth beds and bicycles.


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Friday 25 January
|Lynx (1)
The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) is the world's most threatened species of cat (2), and is currently teetering on the brink of extinction (1). A medium-sized species, it is smaller than the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), with which it shares a characteristically bobbed tail, spotted coat, muscular body and long legs (3). The relatively short, coarse fur is bright yellowish-red to tawny in colour, overlaid with brown or black spots, and the underparts are white. The male Iberian lynx is larger than the female, and both possess prominent whiskers on the face and long, erect tufts of black hair on the tips of the ears (2) (3).
Iberian lynx are generally nocturnal creatures, with peak activity occurring at twilight when individuals leave shelter in order to forage (3). Both sexes are solitary and territorial, with male territories overlapping those of several females (3). Females reach sexual maturity at one year of age but will only breed once they are in possession of their own territory (5). The mating season peaks at the beginning of the year in January and February and births occur two months later (3). The female cares for her litter of one to four kittens (3) within a lair that may be located under a thicket or in a hollow tree. Weaning occurs at around eight months but juveniles tend to stay in their natal territory until they are around 20 months old (5). European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) make up the mainstay of the diet of the Iberian lynx, unlike the larger Eurasian lynx that feeds mainly on ungulates such as roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) (2). Small deer may be eaten on occasion, if rabbit numbers are low (5).
Historically widespread throughout the Iberian peninsula and the south of France (2). By the mid 1990s, small and severely fragmented populations were found only in diminishing areas of suitable habitat in central and south-western parts of Spain, and in fragmented areas of Portugal. Currently, there are about 170 individuals in only two isolated reproductive populations located in the Spanish Autonomic region of Andaluzia: Doñana and Andujár-Cardeña (5).
The Iberian lynx is found in Mediterranean woodland and marquis habitat (a scrub-like habitat of open forests and thickets), where there is a mixture of dense scrub and open pasture (5).
Numbers of Iberian lynx have been decimated by habitat loss, with scrublands converted to agriculture and pine and eucalypt plantations, and with human development such as dams, highways and railways all encroaching on its native habitat (1) (3). Conversion of habitat and overhunting have also reduced populations of the lynx's main food source, the rabbit, and rabbit numbers also declined drastically after the introduction of the myxomatosis virus in the 1950s (1) (3) (5). Whilst myxomatosis is not such a threat today, a new disease that arrived in Spain in 1988, known as Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease, is once again threatening rabbit numbers (1) (3) (5). Despite protection measures and heavy fines, illegal hunting continues, and the accidental killing of lynx in rabbit traps, traps set for smaller carnivores, or with poisoned fox bait, together with road fatalities, are some of the major causes of mortality at present (3) (5).
Only two isolated breeding populations of Iberian lynx are now known to remain, totalling perhaps 170 adults at most, and no other populations are believed to include individuals that breed regularly. Already naturally at risk due to its dependence on a specific habitat and a single prey species, the Iberian lynx's tiny and fragmented population unfortunately only increases its vulnerability to extinction (1) (3).
The Iberian lynx is legally protected in both
Further recommended conservation measures for the Iberian lynx include protecting remaining habitat, public awareness programmes, and intensifying efforts to increase the rabbit population (1). A captive breeding programme has also been started, which is considered of critical importance in saving the species and, if successful, may lead to reintroductions in the future (1). However, despite all these efforts, numbers of Iberian lynx are still believed to be in decline (1), and time may be running out to save the world's most endangered felid.
For more information on efforts to save the Iberian lynx see:
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Fern Canyon Climber's Log
Wandering Yooper - Jan 27, 2020 6:46 pm Date Climbed: May 4, 2012Fairies live here
Right out of a children's book
grimbley - Aug 6, 2013 1:56 pm Date Climbed: Jun 20, 20092 week western US trip
My wife and I stopped here while staying in Redwood NP. Weather wasn't good (didn't expect it to be though) but still beautiful. I have pictures of the place hanging on my walls at home.
Bubba Suess - Dec 17, 2010 2:08 amDebris filled.
My wife and I made our way through the canyon after massive storms left the canyon totally choked with debris.
mountaingazelle - Sep 18, 2007 2:10 am Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2007Fern Canyon
Ferns, ferns, and more ferns! Hiked this nice little canyon during a two day visit to the Redwoods.
Mark Doiron - Aug 7, 2007 9:05 am Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2007Nice Prelude ...
This was a nice prelude to hiking the Tall Trees Grove in the nearby Redwoods National Park, then spending a night on a gravel bar just a few hundred yards from the very tallest trees in the world. --mark d.
Strazzman - Apr 19, 2007 12:52 amYEAH!!!
wandered around for a bit, really cool area. Got there a little late so I couldn't do much. There were some big elk hanging out on the beach. Really cool place, and I plan on going back!
QuailBS - Aug 20, 2006 8:33 pm Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2006loop dayhike
Nice dayhike and exploration of fern canyon on a dayhike with students at HSU.
wbass - Jun 28, 2006 2:41 pmRedwoods/Coast Loop
Loop through "Endor" including part of the coastal trail, redwood forest, and yes, fern canyon ("wow, look at all those feeerns!")
Flanders - Mar 22, 2006 2:30 amA great place
Unbelievable place. In the top 3 places I've experienced which includes the entire Kenai Peninsula, Denali, Glacier Bay, Rainier, RMNP's Mirror Lake, Cascade's Enchancement Lakes, NH Presidential Range, Acadia, Canyonlands and numerous other national and state parks. A must see, being sure to include a trip to Tall Trees Grove. Absolutely Amazing
Brian Jenkins - Mar 21, 2006 8:38 pmWest Coast Tour 2001
With Flanders as part of our annual trip. Of all the places I have been, this is the most awe inspiring. I kept expecting a brontosaurus to come out from behind one of the behemoth trees. Amazing hike out to the canyon. Then you come to a swampy meadow and we walked out towards the ocean. Saw an elk head pop up and we thought, cool! A few yards later, a whole herd popped up all around us. One started stamping and snorting at us. We had nowhere else to go so we slowly walked through to the beach asking the elk to stay nice. Once on the beach we walked south a few miles and then up a hill overlooking the beach where we camped. The next day we walked through morning rain and sun completing the loop back. An amazing place and highly recommended.
2skinners - Mar 21, 2006 8:22 am Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2005Part of a Redwoods trip
My wife and I did this hike on the way back from the Redwoods. It was suggested by one of my coworkers.


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This stat drives home the need for dramatically better head-unit integration of services that drivers would otherwise use their phones to access. This isn't anything new to QNX. We've been working with our partners to provide all the necessary elements to enable this integration through technologies such as HTML5, Qt, iPod out, MirrorLink, and Bluetooth. All these technologies can help create systems that minimize driver distraction but they represent only part of the solution. Pushing buttons on your head unit, combined with smart HMI design, does help, but it's not a panacea.
By the way, I wasn't really using my smartphone while I was driving. That's illegal here. Not to mention incredibly dumb.


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Much like the crazy Fire Truck we saw the other day on eBay, today we have a Craigslist find that will make you wonder what was in your cereal this morning. Let me preface this by saying, I have a HUGE respect for anybody that takes on a major project like this, and actually follows through to witness its completion. Whether it is space-ship-esque or not, you have to give the guy credit for getting these parts to actually mate up to each other. That being said, your eyes are in for a candy treat this morning, in the form of a 3rd Gen F-Body.
It's yellow. It's packing some serious punch with a V6 and "chop head and roller rocker arm". It's got 20 speakers, a 7 inch tv in the dash, and a 16 inch monitor in the roof. It's got even more yellow. It's got a Mitsubishi front bumper and headlights from a 92-94 DSM. What else could you want?


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DOVER — Roughly a dozen police officers throughout Strafford County have potential credibility concerns that could potentially hinder their ability to testify should they be called to do so in a court of law.
The names of those officers placed on what's called the "Laurie list" and the departments to which the are affiliated is information Strafford County Attorney Tom Velardi is not willing to disclose due to the small size of police departments in the county, he said.
Until further direction is ordered from the Attorney General's office and "unless and until they become a necessary witness, that information will be kept as privileged."
The Union Leader reports the policy guiding the Laurie list was created in 2004 by former Attorney General Peter Heed. In that policy, potential Laurie issues are described as any "law enforcement officers who have lied under oath, committed theft or fraud or other conduct that could affect their truthfulness."
The list was created following a case in which a first-degree murder conviction was leveled against Carl Laurie but then overturned due to state prosecutors failure to disclose information in the personnel file that indicated a testifying detective may have credibility issues.
Because the information is in the personnel files of officers, it is not public information.
"I'm supposed to know but I don't have access to some of that information," Velardi said. "It's an imperfect system."
Velardi said he's discussed with the attorney general how to maintain the list efficiently and also said he's pretty "dogged" about who should go on the list in the first place.
"If you have even a doubt," he said is reason enough to place a name on the Laurie list.
Dover Police Chief Anthony Colarusso said there are no officers from his department on the list currently or that have been in the recent past to his knowledge. He said if an officer were to lose his credibility in a court of law, they would be unable to perform their duties to the expectations of the department.
"If an officer gets to the point where he gets on the list, he won't be working here any longer," Colarusso said.
Well over 10 years ago, however, Colarusso did acknowledge the department had to notify prosecutors of a Laurie issue due to someone being untruthful during an internal investigation. That individual has not been with the department for at least 10 years, Colarusso said.
Though it was suggested in 2002 when Heed was attorney general the possibility of coming off the list after 10 years, there is no "hard and fast" rule as to when an officer is allowed to come off the Laurie list, Velardi said.
"Right now it's indefinite that you remain on the list," he said.
He has, however, had a couple instances where a judge has deemed information of an officer who is on the list irrelevant and inadmissible and Velardi has therefore removed those names from the list.
Velardi stated that he's also prudent about the information obtained is used properly and that it "shouldn't be used to discredit (an officer) on the stand" when there is no relevancy.
"We want to make sure that good officers aren't ruined," he said, and also noted that even those wearing police uniforms are only human.
"I think we all need to remember that police officers are us," he said.
Over the years, Velardi said he's spoken with Strafford County police chiefs about the importance of being up front with information related to their officers, though there is no way to truly know what isn't reported.
"I'm pleased with the conversations I've had with area chiefs," he said, adding that it "reinforces" his "good feelings about law enforcement."
Just because an officer gets placed on the list, he said, does not mean they automatically lose their job, either.
"The perception is that once on the list, it ends that person's career," Velardi said, but he explained that isn't always the case. "It doesn't spell out the end of someone's career."
And, he said, ending one's career also does not mean winding up on the Laurie list goes away as officers can be called to testify for cases years after leaving or retiring from a police department.
"You can't just let someone resign out of a Laurie issue," Velardi said.
He said the list is more of a "fail safe" should an issue arise down the road and that judges in Strafford County look at the list, which is perpetually maintained, routinely. It is a judge's call as to whether Laurie list information is passed on to lawyers and at that point, a lawyer would still be required to file a motion with the judge to unseal information in someone's record.


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orhunter wrote:Nice try Tait. We all know a Griff has a better nose.
orhunter wrote:Ha Ha Ha..... Simply not so....
Honestly, I've never seen a Pointer hunt Chukars. All I've seen is what's on TV where they're pointing a covey of quail in tall grass from five feet away. Hardly a demonstration of, "nose."
orhunter wrote:Whew. You were starting to sound a little too serious.
Try hunting in heavy fog where visibility ends at 30 yards. Color of dog doesn't matter a whole lot. My favorite Chukar area was like this all winter. Made for some easy shooting. I just followed the dog and when she headed into the fog and out of sight, I knew it was for a good reason. I'd go less than 40 yards the direction she went and come up on points every time. Birds had no idea we were there till we were right on top of them. Sometimes there wasn't a hundred feet between coveys.
Stretch wrote: To me a dog with drive is one that's is completely wore out but won't quit unless you make him or her quit.
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The Korcari Wilds are a cold southern expanse of forest and swamp, the extent of which is not truly known. Chasind Wilders speak of a wasteland of snow and ice further to the south, filled only with desolate tundra and nomadic barbarians. Most northerners believe little of what the Chasind have to say.
The Wilds are also home to Flemeth, the legendary "Witch of the Wilds", and her daughters.
South of the Wilds itself lies the mysterious region known as the Sunless Lands.[1][2]
Background Edit
Local legends state that the perpetual mist surrounding the Wilds is not natural, but rather the result of a curse. Long ago, when werewolves terrorized the country, a great arl ventured into the Wilds killing every wolf he could find, as well as any Chasind. A Chasind mother was outraged upon finding her sons dead at the soldiers' blades - one of which she stabbed into her own heart. A great mist seeped forth from this mortal wound and spread throughout the Wilds. It was so dense that the arl and his soldiers were lost inside forever.
At -410 Ancient a group of Kossith lands in the southern Korcari Wilds, likely from The Frozen Seas on the east and establishes a colony. This group is believed to have been eliminated during the First Blight but beforehand, some of its females were turned into broodmothers by the darkspawn and gave rise to the first appearance of Ogres in Thedas.[3]
The Wilds are native to monsters such as the giant swamp crabs.[4]
Involvement Edit
- In this region the new recruits will encounter their first hurlock emissary and hurlock alpha.
- Interacting with a Dying Soldier (just past the wolves near the exit) triggers a cut-scene in which each party member can express their attitude towards the current mission. The soldier is the sole survivor of a scouting party ambushed by darkspawn. If The Warden kills the soldier ( Alistair disapproves (-3)) or leaves him to die, a low-tier armor piece or weapon will drop.
- Missionary Jogby (the son): the corpse of a missionary can be found at the edge of the water southwest of the exit. Searching the body yields a letter and starts the side quest the Missionary.
- Missionary Rigby (the father): another corpse, this can be found atop a hill on the mid-east side of the map, near a locked chest amongst some ruins. Looting the body will unlock a codex entry and start the side quest Last Will and Testament.
- The Wilds Flower needed for the Mabari Hound can be found in numerous locations throughout the area, all on mossy logs; the one closest to the exit is just past the dying soldier mentioned above. (If the Warden has not acquired the appropriate side quest, examining the flower prompts Daveth to mention that the Kennel Master is offering a reward for it). Once any one of these has been picked, they all cease to be "lootable" objects.
- The blood needed for the Tainted Blood quest will drop frequently from Hurlocks and Genlocks alike. Although the quest only requires three vials, it is possible to end up with more; however, they are still simply plot items and serve no other purpose. Once three or more have been picked up, they will cease to drop, and all the collected vials will be removed from inventory when the quest is resolved.
- At a campsite to the northwest is a chest containing Rigby's Field Journal. Taking it will unlock a codex entry, set in motion the quest Chasind Trail Signs, and mark the first Sign on the area map, just past the arches next to the campsite. Note that the quest might not appear in the party journal until all Signs have been tracked down.
- In the same campsite (beneath the campfire) is a hidden cache that continues the Last Will and Testament side quest (see Missionary Rigby, above; the cache will not be accessible until that quest has begun). (A note under Chasind Trail Signs charts a walkthrough for all three of the Jogby/Rigby side quests.)
- Across the bridge in the south end (an area dense with Flimsy Leghold Traps) is the corpse of a soldier carrying a page from a book and a pouch. The ashes in the pouch can be used to summon a powerful shade at a small pile of rocks on a rise, east of the corpse. See A Pinch of Ashes for details.
- Alistair and the recruits will eventually (in the eastern half of the map) reach a ruined tower where they find The Grey Wardens' Cache - or what is left of it. Examining the remains triggers the cut-scene introducing Morrigan. After a brief, possibly reciprocated interrogation, she is prepared to bring the party to Flemeth's Hut, though departure may be postponed if the party is not yet ready to proceed.
Enemies Edit
- Wolf (Animal, Normal)
- Alpha Wolf (Animal, Elite)
- Genlock (Darkspawn, Normal)
- Genlock archer (Darkspawn, Normal)
- Genlock rogue (Darkspawn, Normal) - uses stealth
- Hurlock (Darkspawn, Normal)
- Hurlock archer (Darkspawn, Normal)
- Hurlock emissary (Darkspawn, Elite)
- Hurlock Alpha (Darkspawn, Elite)
- Gazarath (Shade, Boss) - see A Pinch of Ashes
Notable items Edit
Plot Items:Beloved AmuletBeloved Amulet
Plot item
A lovely amulet like one a wife would give to her husband.
Excerpt from Local Myths and LegendsExcerpt from Local Myths and Legends
Plot item
A yellowed bloodstained page from a large book.
Pouch of AshesPouch of Ashes
Plot item
A small leather pouch containing ash ostensibly take from cremated remains.
Rigby's Last Will and TestamentRigby's Last Will and Testament
Plot item
The Last Will and Testament of a man named Rigby.
Vial of Darkspawn BloodVial of Darkspawn Blood
Plot item
It hisses and bubbles. Hopefully, the flask can hold it.
Wilds FlowerWilds Flower
Plot item
A white blossom with a deep red center. It smells of honey.
A harmless enough plant on its own, deathroot's thick leaves contain an extract that the Chasind have used to induce hallucinations for centuries. Sufficiently concentrated, it can be made into a deadly poison.
The common name for canavaris, this herb actually has little to do with elves other than being commonly collected and traded to outsiders by the Dalish. It is the primary ingredient in many healing salves.
Use: Chewing elfroot restores a small amount of health, and those with skill can use elfroot to make more potent elixirs.
Chasind Cache:Barbarian MaceBarbarian Mace
Steel (Tier 3)
Requires: 16 strength
Damage: 6.00
Critical chance: 0.60%
Armor penetration: 5.20
Strength modifier: 1.00
+1 strength Chasind CrusherChasind Crusher
Varies (Tier 1, 2, 3 or 7)
Requires: 18 strength
Damage: 9.00
Critical chance: 0.50%
Armor penetration: 7.00
Strength modifier: 1.25
+3 melee critical chance
-5 attack Chasind RobesChasind Robes
Pieced together from ragged strips of leather and adorned with the teeth and bones of animals, this robe is thoroughly frightful. It also smells strongly of tanned hides and sweat.
+6 defense Thane HelmetThane Helmet
Heavy helmet
Varies (Tier 1-7)
Requires: 18 strength
Armor: 1.25
Fatigue: 2.25%
+3 defense Wilds BowWilds Bow
Yew (Tier 3)
Requires: 14 dexterity
Damage: 6.00
Critical chance: 1.20%
Armor penetration: 4.20
Strength modifier: 1.00
+10% nature resistance MalachiteMalachite
This stone is patterned with odd bands and ripples of color, like the contents of a witch's cauldron.
A brilliant gem the color of sunshine.
A milky white stone of remarkable strength.
Other:Chasind FlatbladeChasind Flatblade
Grey Iron (Tier 2)
Requires: 20 strength
Damage: 12.10
Critical chance: 1.65%
Armor penetration: 3.45
Strength modifier: 1.10
+1 melee critical chance
+1 armor penetration Enchanted DaggerEnchanted Dagger
Grey Iron (Tier 2)
Requires: 12 dexterity
Damage: 4.40
Critical chance: 3.30%
Armor penetration: 4.60
Strength modifier: 0.85
+4 attack Darkspawn StaffDarkspawn Staff
Varies (Tier 1–2)
Requires: 16 magic
Damage: 4.00 (Nature)
Armor penetration: 20.00
+1 spellpower
+5% spirit damage Enchanter's FootingEnchanter's Footing
Light boots
Varies (Tier 1-7)
Armor: 0.75
Fatigue: 0.50%
+6 defense Mud IdolMud Idol
A lump of unfired clay in the shape of a bird hangs on a leather strap. The clay is strangely warm, as if it were alive.
+10% cold resistance
Codex entries EditCodex entry: A Pinch of Ashes Codex entry: Farewell Letter to Jogby Codex entry: Genlock Codex entry: Hurlock (with addenda for the Alpha and Emissary) Codex entry: Letter to Jogby Codex entry: Rigby's Last Will and Testament Codex entry: Signs of the Chasind Codex entry: Shade (if you kill Gazarath) Codex entry: Wolf
Containers Edit
Near wolves vs. darkspawn area
- Chest (Darkspawn, Elite) - locked
- Chest (Ferelden, Normal) - locked
- Crate (Generic Armor, Critter)
- Crate (Generic, Critter)
- Crate (Generic, Critter)
Western camp
- Iron Chest (Ferelden, Elite) - contains Chasind Flatblade and a letter
- Chasind Cache (see above)
Notes Edit
- pcOne of the Flimsy Leghold Traps cannot be disarmed.
- Once the cutscene with Morrigan and Flemeth is over, it is still possible to return to the Wilds, but only before the Joining ritual is done. After the Joining, this area becomes permanently inaccessible.
Trivia Edit
- On the official map released by BioWare, the Korcari Wilds are misspelled as "Kocari Wilds."
See also EditCodex entry: The Korcari Wilds
References Edit
- ↑ The Bittersweetest Thing (archived)
- ↑ The Sunless Staff
- ↑ Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 26
- ↑ Dragon Age (tabletop RPG), Blood in Ferelden p. 27


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The Ogre code suppository -> https://bitbucket.org/ogreaddons
HipChat room: http://www.hipchat.com/gal7YYRu4
What is it?
It is a collection of useful Ogre projects that has fallen without a steady maintainer.
The old ogreaddons repository on Sourceforge uses SVN and it is cumbersome to contribute the odd patch. We need something a bit more distributed.
Instead of letting code rot or scatter all around the globe, it would be nice to group those projects together as separate repositories under the care of the Bitbucket team 'OgreAddons'.
Really, why?
OK. Ogitor will be moving their dependencies out of their main repository into separate repositories to keep the main repository clean and tidy, and instead use CMake External Projects to automatically pull down the code and build it out of source (see below).
We know that several of those dependencies seems to be the only actively maintained copies left, so instead of putting the dependencies up under Ogitor Team, we thought: why not put into a new OgreAddons collection so that it can become easier to contribute improvements back to them without having to grab Ogitor?
Fork, improve, issue pull requests or even ask to get developer access so that you can help yourself.
It should be easy to contribute the occasional fix, without taking full on responsibility.
The OgreAddons team is open, if you want developer access then shout.
OgreAddons is supposed to be maintained by the Ogre Community, that is you.
There are currently 39 projects under the OgreAddons 'umbrella'.
- Scape
- PagedGeometry
- SkyX
- MeshMagick
- Caelum
- ogrephysx
- OgreRecastDemo
- OgreRecast
- ogre-script-serializer
- visual-experiments
- OgreCrowd
- OgreDecal
- ogre-ccs
- TechnoFreak animation blend editor
- Ogre Debug Drawing Utility
- ogreappwizards
- twogregui
- ogreassimp
- QtOgreFramework
- Animacion
- ClipmapTerrain
- dbmArchive
- ogre-7z
- Ogremhx
- gpusphsim
- dotsceneformat
- ogre-URL
- wx-ogre
- llcoi
- new-minimal-ogre-collision
- ogremeshmerge
- ogre-pixel-city
- ruby-ogre
- QuakeToOgre
- Cutexture
- ogreHTML
- EasyIK
- Depth-of-field-compositor
Only projects which have been without maintainer is eligible for addition to the OgreAddons code suppository.
Border cases can be created as a fork of the original, making it possible to issue pull requests against the original repository.
Repository Donations Accepted
It is possible to transfer your repository to the OgreAddons user, or one of the OgreAddons team, if you happen to have no time to tend to it.
Note: This page will be updated as things develop.
original topic below
I just checked out ogreaddons from Sourceforge..
Man, there's just so much code in there!
It's very depressing to see that the code just sits there and rots away..
I've been thinking of creating an OgreAddons team at Bitbucket and add some of the projects to it, without repository history (because it's in the old Sourceforge repository) for simplicity.
If the OgreAddons team creates the repositories it would be one repository per project and still collected in the OgreAddons 'namespace'.
It would be much easier for people to fork and issue pull requests and even step up as maintainers.
What do you think?
We really don't have an active collection of OgreAddons projects atm.


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Slowly but with strength and confidence, fully digital narrow web printing is moving forward. Every year we publish an update on this technology, which emerged in the mid-1990s, and every year we report that it is here, and getting better, and inching along. It's not for everyone, but it's not going away.
Fifteen months ago, at Labelexpo USA 2000 in Chicago, Mark Andy announced that it was at work on a multi-color digital printing unit, in partnership with Barco Graphics, that would someday be mounted inline in a conventional flexographic press. The Digital Label Alliance, through Chromas Technologies, showed its single-color Argio unit mounted on a narrow web press.
These new ideas utilize inkjet technology, which many view as the process that will lend greater speed to digital printing.
Now we come to Labelexpo Europe 2001, held recently in Brussels, and we find that Indigo and Xeikon, the two earliest entries in the field, have expanded their digital capabilities for narrow web. The European audience got its first look at the Argio, and Mark Andy announced that it was nearing completion of its digital printing machine. The St. Louis-based press manufacturer did not show its prototype at the exhibition hall, but rather invited select customers to nearby Ghent, where it was undergoing testing at a Barco facility.
Fully digital presses offer the advantage of elimination of several steps and materials in the print process. Images are digitally manipulated by the prepress department, as they are in the conventional process, but no film is output to an imagesetter, no plates are required, no plate mounting takes place, and no plate cylinders require adjustment on the press.
What happens instead is that the digital image is transferred from the prepress department directly to the computer in the press, which then instructs the machine what to print where. The three processes available today differ in how they achieve the printed result, but the quality is high.
Converters who utilize digital technologies today — there aren't that many of them — praise the capability of producing short-run work quickly and with excellent results. Narrow web printers who concentrate on longer runs don't have much use for current digital technology, mainly because the speeds are slower; beyond a certain number of labels the cost curve shows an adverse effect on the profit margin.
Inkjet moves forward
Last year, Mark Andy executives made the decision not to undertake a digital print technology alone, so they joined with Barco, which had developed the Dot Factory, a multi-head inkjet printer utilizing Xaar inkjet technology. The machine they have developed over the past year is a 13" Model 2200 press that includes the Dot Factory unit in the midst of the inline print stations.
The Xaar inkjet technology is basically a color bar with ink cartridges that are temperature controlled. The inks are contained in what is called a SPICE rack, which stands for Single Pass Inkjet Color Engine. The mid-press unit has space for six ink cartridges, meaning the press can work in four-color process with two spot colors, or can utilize Hexachrome six-color process, if desired.
According to Mark Andy President John Eulich, the digital press offers "ease of use, simplicity, little maintenance, and an industrial design. It is integrated with existing narrow web flexographic print stations and finishing equipment. The consumables, such as the inks, are inexpensive, it offers substrate independence, reasonable speed, and the ability to print process quality and spot colors."
Inkjet is unlike the electrophotography or toner-based printing technologies of Indigo and Xeikon machines. Of the three types of inkjet — continuous, thermal and piezo-electric — the Mark Andy/Barco unit utilizes the latter, as does the DLA's Argio. But the Xaar system makes use of grayscale technology, which prints at 300 dots per inch (dpi) with eight bits of grayscale. That translates to a print equivalent of approximately 900 dpi of resolution, with eight levels of dot.
The speed of the unit today is 75 to 80 feet per minute. "Technology will advance within a reasonable time to make it feasible to reach higher speeds," Eulich says, "but we're not selling that today."
With a six-color print engine in the midst of a conventional narrow web flexo press, the operator can lay down a coat of white or other color on the substrate prior to the introduction of the digital colors. Post-digital stations can be used for a UV coating or other colors, if desired. Conventional foil stamping or embossing, along with rotary diecutting, follows in the customary progression to the rewind.
"We don't want the operator to have to do a lot of manipulating," Eulich says. "We're against that."
Inks for the system are UV curable. "We are working with one ink supplier now," says Eulich, "but others are interested. We have quite a bit of ink development left to do. Mark Andy and Barco will probably not sell inks, but will certify them for use in the press. It is our intent to make ink the only consumable." Eulich adds that the "number one priority is not to have to coat any materials."
His references are to competitors. In the early days of the Indigo digital offset press, substrates required the addition of coatings so that the inks would adhere properly. Today coated stocks are readily available. Moreover, inks for the Indigo Omnius web press are available only from Indigo, and the press requires routine replacement of print blankets, which are an additional consumable.
The Chromas Argio 75 SC differs from the Mark Andy/Barco unit in that it is a single-color UV inkjet digital system. The unit prints on a web 7.5" wide, and differs from its competitor in that it can be installed on any existing flexographic press. Mark Andy plans to market its digital unit solely on its own machines.
Argio also utilizes piezo inkjet, ejecting very small drops of UV ink from 4,500 nozzles across the web at 12,000 times per second. Speed, according to the manufacturer, can reach 100 feet per minute. The resolution is 600 dpi across and in the web direction. Available colors are black, blue, green, cyan, magenta, and yellow. Colors are mixable. White is not available, because the pigment loading required is so high that the ink becomes thick and difficult to project through the jets.
Digital offset and toner
Xeikon introduced its dry toner-based digital printing machine in the mid-1990s, and Danish press manufacturer Nilpeter was quick to add the unit to its product line. The press prints at speeds up to 48 feet per minute.
Indigo made a splash in 1995 with the introduction of its Omnius web-fed digital offset printing machine, which utilizes electrically charged inks in an offset style. Since then the product has undergone several modifications, and at Labelexpo in Brussels Indigo introduced its Omnius WebStream 100 press, which prints up to 16 meters (about 53 feet) per minute in four colors. Indigo offers a Model 200 (two engines) and a Model 400 (four engines), which can double and quadruple output, respectively.
|The Nilpeter finishing unit designed for the Indigo Omnius
digital press, on display at Labelexpo Europe.
The WebStream 100 is capable of seven-color printing, using the proprietary IndiChrome OnPress and OffPress special colors. Indigo also produces the WebStream 50, a six-color press which it markets for short run label production.
Prestige Label, of Burgaw, NC, recently acquired an Omnius press to handle its short run work. "We were finding short run work that caused us to curse every time we put it on a flexo press," says President Elisha Tropper. This is really short run work, like 1000 labels from mom-and-pop companies. We found ourselves providing really short runs for customers and losing money, but doing it to keep the rest of the business."
Prestige bought the digital press with "a customer base ready to cover it, not fully but to get us a lot of the way there. That made the transition smoother," says Tropper. "We can look into new markets more easily now. We're not looking for runs of 100,000 to five million labels, but rather for runs up to 5,000 labels."
The basic print engines do not come with post-press finishing equipment. Converters who acquire Indigo and Xeikon/Nilpeter presses have had to make use of offline equipment. Recently, companies such as Omega Converting Systems and Rotoflex have designed post-press units for digital presses that can be installed inline.
Now, Indigo has announced an OEM agreement with Nilpeter for production of a finishing line. It includes an interface unit with web tension and web guidance controls, digitally or conventionally controlled diecutting and waste rewind, a laminating unit for cold and UV lamination and super varnishing, and a UV flexo varnishing unit with cold UV curing.
Xeikon has introduced LabelSprint, a compact finishing unit based on the Xeikon UCOAT system. It operates in-line at full press speeds, offering roll-to-roll finished output, or it can be used for near-line finishing. It has a modular design that can be configured for various options including UV coating, rotary die cutting, slitting and stripping.


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It's time for our traditional Grand Slam fashion overview! Unlike in previous years, we will start by looking at the less known brands that made an impact at the 2013 Australian Open and we'll leave the giants such as Nike and Adidas for the end of the article.
German Mona Barthel followed her Hobart run to the finals with a first-round 7-5 2-6 6-4 defeat to Ksenia Pervak at the Australian Open, but she left in style, wearing a gracious dress from Denise Cronwall's 2013 collection. Cronwall's designs are always feminine and romantic and even though this dress doesn't have the designer's signature lace and flower patterns, the wavy seam brings about the recognizable elegant feel.
Another young star Camila Giorgi also had a brief appearance at Melbourne Park, but as always she engraved her fashion mark with a colorful and cheerful outfit that perfectly complements her age and beauty.
Venus Williams is slowly spreading her line and is not the only one wearing her clothes on the tennis courts any more. World No.166, former No.25, Jarmila Gajdosova switched from Lacoste to EleVen and proudly sported the peach and white Oh&Oh tank and a matching skirt. Venus herself is working a dress with watercolor print and thin black contrast binding at the bust, waistline, and shoulders.
Compare Australian Open fashion from previous years:
Two more fashion switches at this Australian Open are Julia Goerges, who came to Fila from Nike, and Svetlana Kuznetsova, who replaced Fila with Qiaodan. Goerges' Fila debut is all blue: the German was wearing separates from spring 2013 Center Court Collection. Notice that her manicure is perfectly blending with the outfit. Kuznetsova was also all blue, but a different shade of blue, wearing the dress of the Chinese manufacturer.
You must be familiar with the fact Caroline Wozniacki is no longer the sole representative of Adidas by Stella McCartney, as the brand has welcomed Laura Robson and Andrea Petkovic, and by merging with the Adidas Barricade line it brought back its former exclusive player Maria Kirilenko.
Let's move on to the tennis fashion leaders.
Nike never makes mistakes with Serena Williams and yet again they perfectly reflected her style and body with this purple dress with orange details and orange shoes. World No.1 Victoria Azarenka is sporting a peach Nike Women's Grand Flouncy Knit Dress, which is also available in ultraviolet.
Maria Sharapova is racing through the draw in Nike Women's Spring Premier Maria Dress. The color combination is, strangely, the same as most Adidas' clothes.
I used to be sceptical about the decision of Adidas to match grey and yellow, but now that I've seen the outfits many times, I've gotten to like them and I find them quite unique and refreshing. Above you can see Ana Ivanovic, Sorana Cirstea and Angelique Kerber sporting the same look.
What's your favorite look of the 2013 Australian Open? This time I can't pick my top choice. All the items I've shown here I find appealing, except for Kuznetsova's Qiaodan.


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Anne Boyer is a poet, essayist, and art school professor in Kansas City. A book of hers came out this year – Garments Against Women – that is mostly about what it isn't. Lately she's been writing about life and death, care and precarity, data and nothingness, and the administration of a body under trial. This is her first reading in Los Angeles.
Fred Moten lives in Los Angeles and teaches at the University of California, Riverside. His latest book is The Little Edges.
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NVIDIA GPUs are becoming increasingly popular for large-scale computations in image processing, financial modeling, signal processing, and other applications—largely due to their highly parallel architecture and high computational throughput. The CUDA programming model lets programmers exploit the full power of this architecture by providing fine-grained control over how computations are divided among parallel threads and executed on the device. The resulting algorithms often run significantly faster than traditional code written for the CPU.
While algorithms written for the GPU are often much faster, the process of building a framework for developing and testing them can be time-consuming. Many programmers write CUDA kernels with the expectation that they will be integrated into C or Fortran programs for production. For this reason, they often use these languages to iterate on and test their kernels, which requires writing significant amounts of "glue code" for tasks such as transferring data to the GPU, managing GPU memory, initializing and launching CUDA kernels, and visualizing kernel outputs. This glue code is time-consuming to write and difficult to modify if, for example, you want to evaluate your kernel for different input data or visualize kernel outputs using a different type of plot.
Using an image white balancing example, this article describes how MATLAB® supports CUDA kernel development by providing a language and development environment for quickly evaluating kernels, analyzing and visualizing kernel results, and writing test harnesses to validate kernel results.
Image White Balancing Example
White balancing is a technique that is used to adjust the colors in an image so that the image does not have a reddish or bluish tint.
Suppose you want to write a white balance routine in CUDA C for integration into a larger C program. Before writing any C code, it's useful to explore the algorithm, investigate different algorithmic approaches, and develop a working prototype.
We do this in MATLAB using the following code:
This code computes the average amount of each color present in the input image and then applies scaling factors to ensure that the output image has an equal amount of each color. Notice that, with MATLAB, developing the algorithm takes just five lines of code—far fewer than it would take in C or Fortran. One reason is that MATLAB is a high-level, interpreted language, and therefore there is no need to perform administrative tasks such as declaring variables and allocating memory. Another is that MATLAB includes thousands of built-in math, engineering, and plotting functions and can be extended with domain-specific algorithms in signal and image processing, computational finance, communications, and other areas.
We call the MATLAB white balance algorithm using an input image that includes a Gretag Macbeth color chart, which is commonly used to calibrate cameras. We then visualize the output using the
imshow command in Image Processing Toolbox™:
adjustedImage = whitebalance(imagedata); imshow(adjustedImage);
The algorithm removes the reddish tint from the original image (Figure 1).
This working MATLAB implementation will serve as a reference as we develop and test CUDA kernels for the white balance algorithm.
Exploring MATLAB Code and Implementing Portions in CUDA C
We ultimately want to implement the white balance algorithm in C, with each computational step written as a CUDA kernel. Before getting started with CUDA, we use the MATLAB white balance code to explore the algorithm and decide how to break it into kernels. We begin by using the MATLAB Profiler to see how long each section of code takes to execute. The profiler will indicate the bottleneck areas where we will need to spend extra effort to develop efficient CUDA kernels.
We launch the MATLAB Profiler using the Run and Time button on the MATLAB desktop (Figure 2).
We see that the final three lines of code take 0.15 seconds to run, making this the most time-consuming section of the algorithm. This code multiplies every element in the image data with an appropriate scale factor. It is clearly an operation that can be parallelized massively, and one that could be accelerated significantly on the GPU.
We reimplement this code in CUDA C/C++, as follows:
Before writing kernels for the other computational steps in the white balance algorithm, we will transition back to MATLAB to evaluate and test this kernel to make sure that it runs properly and gives correct results.
Evaluating the CUDA Kernel in MATLAB
To load the kernel into MATLAB, we provide paths to the compiled PTX file and source code:
kernel = parallel.gpu.CUDAKernel( 'applyScaleFactorsKernel.ptx', ... 'applyScaleFactorsKernel.cu' );
Once the kernel is loaded we must complete a few setup tasks before we can launch it, such as initializing return data and setting the sizes of the thread blocks and grid. The kernel can then be used just like any other MATLAB function, except that we launch the kernel using the
feval command, with the following syntax:
[outArguments] = feval(kernelName, inArguments)
We replace the final three lines of code in our MATLAB white balance algorithm with code that loads and launches the kernel. The updated white balance routine
(whitebalance_gpu.m) is as follows:
Notice the relative ease of calling CUDA kernels from MATLAB. Each task, such as transferring data to the GPU, initializing return data, and launching the kernel, is performed using a single line of MATLAB code. Furthermore, the code is robust in that we can evaluate the kernel for different sized images without updating the code. In lower-level languages like C or Fortran, the process of moving the data to the GPU, managing memory, and launching CUDA kernels requires significantly more coding. The code is not only more difficult to write but also more difficult for other developers and project collaborators to understand and modify for their own purposes.
Using the MATLAB Prototype Code as a Test Harness
Now that we have integrated our kernel into MATLAB, we test whether the results are correct by comparing the original MATLAB implementation of the white balance algorithm
(whitebalance.m) with the new version that incorporates the kernel
We see that the output images appear identical, providing visual validation that the kernel is working properly (Figure 3). We also calculate the norm of the difference of the output images to be zero, which validates the kernel numerically.
We could easily use this test harness to test the kernel for additional input images with different characteristics. We could also develop more sophisticated test harnesses to perform more detailed postprocessing or to automate testing.
Incrementally Developing Additional CUDA Kernels
So far, we have reimplemented one portion of the white balance algorithm in CUDA. We ultimately want the entire algorithm written as a collection of CUDA kernels, since the major computational steps appear to be parallelizable and good candidates for the GPU. Performing the entire computation on the GPU would also reduce the overhead associated with transferring data between the CPU and GPU multiple times.
We will not implement the remaining steps in CUDA C in this example; however, you could use the process we just used for the image scaling operation, writing kernels and then testing them against the original MATLAB code. If the computation is available in a CUDA library such as NPP, you can use the GPU MEX API in Parallel Computing Toolbox™ to call the host-side C functions, and pass them pointers to the underlying GPU data.
This process of incrementally developing kernels and testing them as you go makes it easier to isolate bugs in your code, and ensures a more organized development process.
Developing GPU Applications in MATLAB
This article has focused on how MATLAB can help you incrementally develop and validate CUDA kernels that will be integrated into a larger C application. For applications that do not have to be delivered in C, you can often save significant development time by staying in MATLAB and leveraging its built-in GPU capabilities. Most core math functions in MATLAB, as well as a growing number of toolbox functions, are overloaded to run on the GPU when given input data of the
gpuArray data type. This means that you can get the speed advantages of the GPU without the need to write any CUDA kernels, and with minimal changes to your MATLAB code.
Recall our original MATLAB prototype of the white balance routine. Rather than writing a CUDA kernel for the image scaling operation, we could have done it on the GPU simply by transferring the
imageData variable to the GPU using the
gpuArray command and then performing the image scaling without any additional changes to the code:
This approach reduces the total time for the image scaling operation from 150 ms on the CPU to 9 ms on the GPU1, of which 2.3 ms is execution time and 6.7 ms is for transferring the data to the GPU and back. In a larger algorithm the data transfer time often becomes negligible since data transfer needs to be completed only once, and we can compare execution times only. In our example, that equates to a 65x speedup on the GPU.
As this example has shown, with MATLAB you can develop your algorithms much faster than in C or Fortran, and still take advantage of GPU computing for computationally intensive parts of your code.
1 Performance measurements made using an Intel Xeon 3690 CPU and an NVIDIA Tesla K20 GPU


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Hi Craig,I made a 0,1% dough at 60°F for 34 hours which happened to be absolutely perfect, in terms of fermentation of course.Now I need your help.I just made a 0,150% dough which will mature during 70 hours at 39°F. In fact the whole process of fermentation will take place in the fridge. I'll put the balls at room temperature just one and a half hour before cooking.But I can't remember when I'm supposed to make the balls. I'm sure it's been discussed in several posts, but I really can't remember.Any help would be appreciated !
Using the fridge isn't my thing, but I would error on the side of doing it sooner rather than later. I'd want at least 24 hours in balls.
The fact is that I'm supposed to serve these marvellous pizze on wednesday evening and I just had the opportunity to prepare the dough this evening (belgian time). This explains the fridge fermentation.What would be your opinion about roughly 24 hours in bulk and 48 hours in balls or should it be more like 36 hours each ?
Finally, I decided to warm the balls up 6 hours before baking time. And it appeared to be a bit short !On the other hand, I had balls in bowls and balls on trays. It seems that the balls in the bowls rise and bake better than the ones on trays, which naturally spread flat. Does this make sense to you ?
Jon, nice trophy wall! Man your dough grows big, my last controlled temp ferment 61-63F from the chart, was much less growth, but turned out great. Happy baking.Mark
Freggin' great looking pizza there!


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Google stock hits all-time highSeptember 24, 2012: 4:23 PM ET
Google's stock hit an all-time high of $750.04 in late trading Monday, before pulling back to a record closing price of $749.38. The new marks topped the previous records set in November 2007.
Shares of Google (GOOG) have rallied 16% this year, as the company continues to dominate in search and makes strides with its Android mobile platform. Just last month, research firm IDC reported that Google's Android had gained a whopping 68% share of the global smartphone market during the second quarter. That's four times the 17% market share held by Apple (AAPL).
Despite the run-up, Google continues to trade at a fairly reasonable value. Shares are trading 18 times 2012 earnings forecasts, and 15 times 2013 earnings estimates. And the stock is lagging the performance of the tech-heavy Nasdaq, which is up more than 20% in 2012.
Wall Street thinks the stock still has more room to run. Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney reiterated his Buy rating late Sunday, and raised his price target on Google's stock to $850 a share from $740.
Related: Google at 14: Better than ever
"We'd argue that Google is extremely well situated against most of the major trends in Consumer Internet today -- mobile, video, local, and cloud computing," said Mahaney. "The one big miss is social, but even there Google has a play with Google+."
Google is also benefiting as investors realize that Facebook (FB) poses less of a threat to the company than originally thought.
While Facbeook CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed the possibility of his company developing a search service at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference earlier this month, Mahaney said it would be "quite different" from what Google offers. Rather than a mirror of Google, it will likely be a Facebook-specific search feature that allows Facebook users to more easily to ask their friends questions.
Related: Facebook vs. Google: It's on! (Again)
"Frankly, we believe that the possibility of someone generating a truly competitive search offering to Google has gotten remoter with each passing year," said Mahaney. "Different competitive feature innovations have come along that Google has adopted...But Google's core value proposition -- especially for commercially oriented queries -- appears extremely well intact.
Google shares are on the verge of a stock split, which will create a third class of Google stock, and give even more control over the company to CEO Larry Page, his fellow co-founder Sergey Brin and chairman Eric Schmidt.>
Google's new milestone, which brings the companies market cap to $247 billion, comes just three days before the company officially celebrates its 14th birthday.
Meanwhile, shares of fellow tech giant Apple hit a record high of $707.50 on Friday. Shares slipped Monday after the company said it sold 5 million iPhone 5 devices over the weekend, fewer than the 6 million that Wall Street analysts were projecting.


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I was intimidated about making cards. But after buying this kit and making these wonderful cards I am now a cardmaker. Thanks so much!
Love these webisodes, but do have to dispute Sarah's point that Stickles will last forever--not if you make these cards with 5 grandchildren!!!LOL
lots of great ideas. thanks guys.
love your ideas
I enjoy watching all the episodes. Wish I seen this before I made the birthday cards. Seeing how to make the cards is easier then figuring out the directions.
I love it all. I have prayed about finding a way to make money by doing what I love to do. Making cards and scrapbooking. One day my prayers will be answered. Thanks for sharing.
Your designs are spectacular. I have ordered in the past kits that the elements had to be cut out. I am very scissors challanged - practice does not make perfect as I am a Grandmother X 9 - so I shy away from cutting. What you have shown today may be too much to resist and I won't be happy with the outcome.
I have learned much from your webasodes. Keep it up!
How fun! Thank you again for such great ideas, and putting it all together for us.
Wow, the shaped cards are just so much fun and the clear sticker sheets are great!! I work to a strict budget because a lot of my cards are made for charities but I am sure I can adapt some of the ideas for this year's sale stock
I already have both sets of these cards and I loved them both. It was so amazing to see the cards look so professional from someone like me and would recommend you to grab them right now, if you don't have this set. I usually do scrapbooking, but once you get started you don't want to stop playing with them and watch the shaped cards come alive. I did add the flocking to the car with the Christmas tree on top and well pleased with both sets.
TOO CUTE!! You've done it again. I love it.
Loved this episode! It gave me so many ideas for Christmas cards. I can't wait to start making them.
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Classical music star Katherine Jenkins has announced that she is to marry.
In response to media reports that she was engaged to boyfriend Andrew Levitas, Jenkins tweeted: " Thank you for all your lovely wishes of congratulations. They mean so much to us. Happy Easter!"
Mr Levitas, 36, is a filmmaker, fine artist and producer, who also teaches at New York University.
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Accordance 9.5 Brings Dynamic Interlinear and More
The fact that people are still blown away by the features we introduced in Accordance 1.0 is a testament to how revolutionary a program it was. Seventeen years later, we haven't stopped innovating. We haven't even slowed down. More cool stuff is right around the corner…
That's how I ended my most recent blog post last week. Today, I'm pleased to announce that some of the "cool stuff" I alluded to has arrived: Accordance 9.5 is here, with more ridiculously cool features than can reasonably be expected in a point-update. Better still, it's free!
What's so great about Accordance 9.5? The feature that's generating the most excitement is the new Dynamic Interlinear. With a click of a checkbox, you can view any grammatically-tagged Greek or Hebrew text in an interlinear format, or any translation tagged with Key numbers in a reverse interlinear format. That's cool, but the thing that makes the Dynamic Interlinear truly dynamic is that you can mix and match any tagged or keyed text in an interlinear view, as well as show or hide information such as lemma, part of speech, parsing, and syntax.
Set up an interlinear to show translation differences, or one to help you see Greek textual variants, one to offer translation help without helping you parse, and another to offer parsing help without showing an English translation.
Once you design an interlinear you like, you can save it so you have instant access to it. It's incredibly powerful and flexible, and it works with all your existing tagged and key-numbered texts!
Cool as it is, the Dynamic Interlinear is just one of the many improvements in Accordance 9.5. Check out the new features page for details. Or better yet, download it and start playing with it.
Archived Comments
Wayne Stewart
I love the interlinear, but I can't get it to print out.
Is that an omission or licensing issue?
Or am I too much of a boofhead to figure it out?
Helen Brown
Wayne: we just didn't get round to implementing printing or exporting yet on this new feature. For now you must be content with a screenshot.
Wayne Stewart
I can hope for that feature in Accordance 9.6!
Mark Nigro
Simply wonderful job done with the dynamic interlinears. Was wondering if/when the LXX would have the option to add English or Hebrew tagged text to its interlinear functionality?
Mark Nigro
Then again, I don't know if you can link up the Hebrew or English with the LXX seeing how (I think) they have different numbering systems with the English following the BHS. This is also why the keynumber/tagged text highlighting wont work with the LXX. But do still wonder if there are any plans of a sort for this?


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The three surviving Monkees aren't planning to attend Davy Jones' funeral because it would likely bring too much unwanted attention to his family during their time of grief, the group's Micky Dolenz said Tuesday.
He and fellow Monkees Peter Tork, and Michael Nesmith have talked of attending one of the memorials that Jones' family is planning to hold in New York and in the late singer's native England, Dolenz said. And he added he's considering organizing a memorial himself for Jones' friends in Los Angeles.
Whether the surviving Monkees would perform at any of the gatherings, or at any other time in the future, is an open question.
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"The three of us, Mike and Peter and I, we have never worked together just as a threesome. Mostly it was Peter, David and I and then Mike would join us," Dolenz said of the band's periodic reunions over the years.
"We've been talking, we've been communicating, but it's way too early, I think, to project or predict anything like that."
A private family funeral will take place in Florida this week, Jones spokeswoman Helen Kensick said Tuesday, declining to give any further details. Planning for a family service in England and a public memorial in the U.S. were still under way.
Dolenz said he wasn't surprised by the outpouring of public affection for Jones that followed his death from a heart attack last week at age 66.
The youngest member of the group, Jones played the role of the heartthrob in the made-for-TV band that shot to fame in 1966 with the "The Monkees" television show and such hit songs as "Daydream Believer" and "Last Train to Clarksville."
"You know, that show and those songs touched so many millions of people all over the world for so many years," Dolenz said. "I can't tell you how many times someone has come up to me in a mall and said, 'I just got to tell you, you made my childhood.'"
And Jones, he said, was pretty much the lovable character he played on TV.
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Dear White People' conveys complexity of contemporary race relations
Colette Greenstein | 10/23/2014, 5:35 a.m.
"Dear White People, the minimum requirement of black friends to not seem racist has just been raised to two. Sorry, but your weed man Tyrone does not count," is just one of the many funny and sly statements said by campus radio host Samantha White (Tessa Thompson) as she addresses the issue of race on campus and in her own life in the clever film, Dear White People.
Reminiscent of Spike Lee's School Daze about black college life, Dear White People is a provocative satire on the black experience in a "post-racial" society during the age of Obama. Written, directed and produced by Justin Simien, the film follows a group of African American students (starring a cast of relatively unknown actors) as they navigate campus life at the fictional and predominately white Winchester University, while grappling with race, stereotypes and identity.
These issues are quickly pushed to the forefront when a riot breaks out on campus over an annual Halloween party's creation of the theme "unleash your inner Negro."
Winner of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival's Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent, Simien earned a spot on Variety's annual "10 Directors to Watch" for his feature film debut. Prior to directing the film, Simien worked as a publicist and marketing specialist for Paramount Pictures, Focus Features and Sony Television.
Promoting the film on a nationwide college tour recently, Justin Simien was in town and spoke to the Banner about the making of Dear White People and the black experience.
What was the inspiration for Dear White People?
Justin Simien: Just my life. In particular my senior year in college having gone from the culture shock of leaving Houston, Texas for Orange County where I went to college. I was having these conversations with my other black friends about toggling, and how different we answer the phone depending on who's calling. And, are we hanging out with this group of friends because we're black? Are we hanging out with that group of friends…? Why are we keeping them separate? We were just having these really funny conversations and I was wondering, 'Why aren't these out there in the culture?' Why aren't more people talking about this? This is all of my friends' black experience but particularly in 2005 and 2006, the latest black TV shows and black movies didn't really reflect us and what our generation was going through. That's really where the beginning of it came from and also I just really loved that there was a black art house in the late '80s that had reached the mainstream and it had completely evaporated by the time I was in college. I wanted to do something in that vein and that's really where it came from.
The film is definitely reminiscent of School Daze, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka and Hollywood Shuffle because they were able to comment on society with humor and they were really clever.
JS: It's nonexistent in film that you have a black comedy that strives to be satire that strives to be social commentary. We'll do parodies every once in a while. You'll have this sort of rom-com thing but something that really strives for the art house sensibility and the art houses — that's a weird word nowadays — but strives for that sensibility. This is a movie that intended to say something, to leave you with something to talk about in the lobby. It's very rare to find that about black people, about black characters.


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UPS opens new healthcare facilities in China, Australia
The new facilities are part of the company's strategy to invest in its global healthcare network
Singapore: US-based United Parcel Service (UPS) has expanded its global healthcare distribution facility network in the Asia Pacific region with the opening of three new state-of-the-art facilities in Hangzhou and Shanghai in China, and Sydney in Australia. The new facilities bring the total number of UPS dedicated healthcare facilities around the globe to 36, encompassing more than one-half million square meters of space. They are part of the company's strategy to invest in its global healthcare network to meet the growing needs of its global healthcare customers.
Driven by trends of increased globalization and growing healthcare consumption in emerging markets, the new facilities, together with its existing healthcare facility in Singapore, which opened in 2011, serve both multinational and regional healthcare manufacturers' distribution needs across the Asia Pacific region. The new facilities represent nearly 35,000 square meters of healthcare-compliant distribution space and are specially designed to meet the needs of pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies.
"Asia is our fastest-growing market for healthcare and we are seeing increased activity in the region, especially in China, where a growing demand for acute and chronic care has driven the need for reliable, flexible and compliant supply chains to serve a highly dynamic market," said Mr Bill Hook, vice president, global strategy, UPS Healthcare Logistics. "Healthcare is a major focus area for UPS, and we are committed to continuing investments in Asia and other parts of the world timed with - and often ahead of - market demand to support our clients' growth strategies in key regions."
Opened in the third quarter of this year, UPS's Hangzhou facility consists of 22,000 square meters of validated healthcare distribution space. The facility is designed to support the increasing number of pharmaceutical companies that are locating manufacturing operations in China.
The Shanghai facility, located within the Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, measures 7,575 square meters and is designed to meet the needs of the medical device market. The facility provides critical access to one of the largest consumption markets for healthcare products. The Sydney facility is 5,388 square meters of dedicated healthcare distribution space. With many multi-national as well as regional companies looking to set up distribution in Sydney to serve regional markets, UPS's facility provides quick turn-around, including next-day delivery capabilities.
"The three new facilities, along with our existing Singapore facility are strategically located across key, growing healthcare markets in Asia Pacific and are targeted to support our clients as they grow their business," said Mr Craig Foster, senior vice president, Supply Chain and Healthcare Logistics, UPS Asia Pacific Region. "UPS adopts a consistent approach in our global healthcare strategy and all of our facilities worldwide are built with the same exceptional standards of quality care that are compliant with the requirements of the local regulatory bodies."


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Back on the Road Again 2017 - Tour Stop #1 (Las Vegas and the Memorial)
Tour Stop #1
Las Vegas and the Memorial
Leaving New Orleans for Las Vegas and the first NT of the season we had that fresh feeling not having played a tournament in 11 months. Even though we were still on the road the whole time, it was the first time in my career that I hadn't played disc golf for over a month.
The doctors cleared me saying take it easy; so Synthya and I grabbed a rental car in the Big Easy and headed to the City of Lights!
30+ hours later we arrived in Las Vegas. Pulling into the Wild Horse golf course we were immediately impressed with the display of banners and baskets everywhere as well as the quality of the clubhouse and overall property. We were excited to play disc golf!
We grabbed a cart and headed to the course. The courses in Vegas were very challenging also it was super windy and chilly. The Vegas club did a great job with their first NT.
I was really nervous about my first round of PDGA competitive play, it was my first in nearly a year . I had the new added pressure of playing Masters for the first time along with expectations to play at my past level. The course treated me brutally with two rollaway 5p's and many other weird kicks. I was welcomed back with a 991 rated round. I just couldn't get it going and the Disc Gods werent with me.
Greatly humbled, it was difficult to find the confidence to play well over the next two rounds. I dug deep the final round and carded my first round over my rating. I accomplished my first Master's victory playing with a great bunch of guys. Patrick Brown and Shasta Chris tied for second and battled me all week making it fun to play disc golf again. Synthya was my trusty caddy for the first three rounds and support group every round and all day, Teammate Robert Craig caddied the last round. It was nice to complete my first full event in nearly a year.
Shout out to Ricky Wysocki for claiming the first National Tour of the season and to JohnE McCray for again showing that us old guys can still really play finishing 4th and qualifying for the USDGC on his first attempt of the season. Also a shout out to all the Team 64 players who represented and Teams DD and Westside. Great start to 2017 for the entire trilogy family.
With no break we left the tournament and headed to Phoenix. Everyone had 2 days to practice three courses and get ready to compete on Wednesday morning. This time I would be playing the open division. Latitude had a nice team dinner on Tuesday night and everybody seemed excited to play. I started out on Wednesday a little slow missing a 16 foot birdie putt on my first hole and ended up in 19th after the first round. As we headed to Fiesta Lakes I was hoping to play well and did just that shooting 1076 rated round while still missing a few putts inside the circle. I moved up to fifth place.
On the third day at Vista I was on my 10th consecutive day of practice/competition with no rest. It was starting to catch up with me and I felt weak. My muscles were still recovering from serious apathy after the surgery and even a fit young buck would be mentally and physically exhausted after 10 days without a break. I was happy to manage a -6 and only dropped to 7th, making it into the second group for the final round at the Fountain. Cale, Eagle, and KJ Nybo were on my card. I started off with an OB par then played really well. Hitting the pole off the tee on the 7th hole, I rolled OB for another circle par. I continued to heat up stringing six 2's in a row finishing with a -12 and tying for third place just one stroke per round off the lead. Congrats to Paul McBeth for another great win (and breaking my record of most wins at the Memorial Championship .
Team Latitude 64 member Robert Craig caddied every round and I gave him my Zuca Cart. My true soul mate, Synthya, was again with me the whole way as well as many other friends cheering on my efforts. Thank you to all of you and my sponsors! Without you it wouldnt be possible.
We also displayed the Next Generation Tour grand prize, a 2017 Kia Soul at the Fountain Hills course just off the 18th green . It was fun to see peoples faces when we told them they can win this car. It is one thing to say it on the internet, its another to allow people to see and touch it. Another step towards anamateur winning a new car playing disc golf in 2017. Our partner Pat Govang was instrumental in helping with the display, thanks Pat!!
Overall it was a good trip and we visited family, caught up with good friends, and spent time with our boss who was over from Sweden. Next, we are headed to Delaware to pick-up our two puppies Kulo and Little man then onto our new house on Lake Sinclair in Georgia. Next tour stop is the Waco DGPT. We are both playing this time, fun. See you in the fairway!
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Best video so far in 2017 was with dave, kybo, eagle playing fountain hills. Dave got hot and it was just pure viewing excellence.
I think I continue to be inspired by "older guys" who not just hang but edge out the young guns from time to time.
Johnny, Kybo, Dave and Steve Brinster along with the hottest young gun of the moment would be my dream card.
I like the new team up with Infinite Discs. Being that Dave Feldberg is a part of the scouting for some just at lower level Pro players, that have the potential to be pro players with there own company is great.
Also get to see what discs that Feldberg likes now that he has a mixed bag (Cool to see what a top level player would choose if he had a mixed bag), only one of the MVP/Axiom discs made it in his bag but none of the Prodigy or Legacy discs. I wounder why? I can understand not liking the over mold discs being uncomfortable with those but no Prodigy? Also no Legacy discs but then most of the Legacy discs are almost exact copies of other brands discs.
Ummm you necro'd a tour thread that's two years old... haha.
This is more of an archive now, I'll just lock up the threads.
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Prof. Rijk van Dijk
1992 Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Utrecht; Dissertation title "Young Malawian Puritans. Young Born-Again Preachers in a present-day African Urban Environment".
Academic positions
2013 Dr. R. van Dijk is appointed Professor at the University of Amsterdam, the Amsterdam International School of Social Science Research, in a new Chair entitled the study of Religion and Sexuality in Africa.
2006– Lecturer in International Research Masters African Studies University of Leiden.
1999– Senior Researcher. African Studies Center, Leiden.
1995–1999 Post-doc researcher. NWO/WOTRO programme 'Globalization and the Construction of Communal Identities'. Project: The Stranger's Scenario: Ghanaian Transnational Migration, Popular Culture and the Pentecostal Strategy.
Special assignments
199–2001 Leader of Research-team 'Schijn van Voodoo'; Research on request by the Netherlands Police Services, Unit Human Trafficking/IRT Zwolle, on the trafficking of young Nigerian women (AMA's) to the Netherlands and the involvement of religious forms of intimidation and coercion.
1993–1994 Leader of Observation-group and United Nations Core-group Observer to the first democratic General & Presidential Elections, Malawi.
Other academic responsibilities
2008– Editor-in-chief African Diaspora. A Journal of Transnational Africa in a Global World', Leiden, Brill Publishers.
2007– Chair IRNARA International Research Network on Religion and Aids in Africa (IRNARA) This research network aims at bringing together scholars as well as (NGO-) practitioners in the field of religious engagements with the disease in Africa.
Research Areas
Religion, transnational Pentecostalism, sexuality, marriage, AIDS, agency, Christianity, modernity, youth, criminology, morality, popular culture, the gift, witchcraft, transnational migration, African diaspora, Malawi, Ghana, Botswana
Function within the Center
Research project "The Social Life of Responsibilization: Marriage as a 'Life-Project' in Botswana"
Selected Publications
1. Books
2012: Mirjam de Bruijn & Rijk van Dijk (Eds.), The Social Life of Connectivity in Africa. New York: Palgrave/MacMillan.
2010: Marleen Dekker & Rijk van Dijk (Eds.), Markets of Well-being. Navigating Health and Healing in Africa. Leiden: Brill, African Dynamics Series No. 9.
2000: Rijk van Dijk, Ria Reis and Marja Spierenburg (Eds.), The Quest for Fruition through Ngoma. The Political Aspects of Healing in Southern Africa. Oxford: James Currey, 2000.
2. Thematic Issues
2012: Astrid Bochow & Rijk van Dijk (Eds.), Christianity, Sexuality and Reproduction in Southern Africa. Special Issue for Journal of Religion in Africa. Vol. 42, no. 4.
2009: Ruth Prince, Rijk van Dijk and Philippe Denis (Eds.), Christianity and HIV/AIDS in East and Southern Africa. Special Issue for Africa Today, Vol. 56, no. 1.
3. Articles
2012: Rijk van Dijk, 'Pentecostalism as Post-Development? Exploring Religion as a Developmental Ideology in Ghanaian Migrant Communities.' In: D. Freeman (Ed.) Pentecostalism and Development. Churches, NGOs and Social Change in Africa. London, Palgrave/MacMillan.
2009: Rijk van Dijk, 'Social Catapulting and the Spirit of Entrepreneurialism: Migrants, Private Initiative, and the Pentecostal Ethic in Botswana.' In: Gertrud Hüwelmeier & Kristine Krause (Eds.) Traveling Spirits. Migrants, Markets and Mobilities, New York: Routledge, Studies in Anthropology Series.
2003: Rijk van Dijk, 'Localisation, Ghanaian Pentecostalism and the Stranger's Beauty in Botswana.' In: Africa, vol. 73, no. 4, pp. 560–83.
2001: Rijk van Dijk, 'Voodoo on the Doorstep and the Trafficking in Young Nigerian Women for the Dutch Sex Industry and its Moral Panic.' In: Africa, vol. 71, no. 4, pp. 558–586.
1997: Rijk van Dijk, 'From Camp to Encompassment: Discourses of Transsubjectivity in the Ghanaian Pentecostal Diaspora.' In: Journal of Religion in Africa, vol. 27, no. 2, p. 135–169.


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